The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-05-07

and cheering Tor Cn0 gIOIy VI AoAe'A"'
herewith send you $40, which you
will please hand to the committee.
This will save me the temptation to de-
tain them by unnecessary talk.
Yours in the cause,
AN EXILE OF ERIN.
GRAND FORKS GREAT MEETING.
Fully 1900 People Assembled to Pro-
test Against Coercion--Great
Enthusiasm.
Contrary to the most sanguine exrec-
tations of those who had the matter IN
charge SAYS the GrandF forks Plaindealer
of May /, the anti coercion meeting OF
last evening was one of those phenom.
email successes native only to a free and
untrammelled people-a people who,
'imbued with the spirit of fro edom that
permeates and can only find expression
in country that the Almighty has de-
creed shall be the beacon whereby to
light the balance of the world to that
liberty of thought, expression and &C
tion that is now and has for centuries
been denied to the great majority OF
mankind. Mayor Holmes was chosen
as the presiding officer, and in turn he
proceeded to introduce the speakers.
the first of whom was Judge Montague.
of Crooks,on, who in short but brill
liant effort portrayed the restitution,
want nd suffering of the people Ire
land under the tyrannical hand of their :
British task-masters, notwithstanding
the fact that the glory, if such it can bo
called, of Great Britain was in the
greatest degree due to the heart, cour-
age and Drawn of the people whom they
wantonly held in bondage not native
to our time and adverse to the enlight-
ened age in which we live. The Judge
was frequently interrupted by deafen-
ing applause from the audience, show
ing that they were heart and soul in
sympathy with his utterances.
Governor Pierce, whose presence few
were looking for, was next introduced
by the chairman, and in brief speech,
as eloquent as possible, convinced his
auditors that as far as desire for hui
man liberty for free life under one
heaven, free to all mankind, he was
Irish TO the core and deep and ardent
sympathizer with every move conceived
and now being prosecuted by the Irish
people under the leadership and guild
Nf fVr0 0f no
noblest men of our time-William e.
Gladstone and Charles Stuart Parnell.
Gov. Pierce spoke in a strain denoting
that every word came from a full
heart, partook of the feeling which
the governor made no effect to conceal.
0. H. Boyesen also spoke of the trials
Of Norway, following their exertion
through the years of their serfdom, to
the final emancipation, and offered, in
behalf of his people, the sympathies of
his race for the ultimate success of the
Irish people in their great battle for the
God-given rights for which they have
for years waged unequaled battles.
Rev. Doran entertained the audience
with a recital of what he understood to
be the religious differences: on thu
Green Isle, and, like the man that he
is, declared himself as desiring. when
one sect or creed has to depend upon
the canon or the musket for it's heinz
above another, the one so dependent
shall die. Men are equal, said the rev.
erend gentleman, and he entertained
no fears of Catholicity in free Ireland.
interfering seriously with the Profess
tant element Of the island. He was Of
the same opinion of every sane man.
that in free Ireland religion would play
little part in its government.
Judge Bangs was the last sneaker
and although little sly and reluctant
about coming to the front, he managed
TO acqult himself in admirable shape
when he did get there. The JUDGE
Traced the belts away back to .no-
mans land" and followed them nm II
!. the Time OF their casting their hearing
nne on what is now known as Ireland.
Here ne lost track of their history
however, ne could bold up his right
nand and say, in unison with the sneak.
ers who preceded HIM, that the present
coercion billbefore the BritishParl;mant
was not only villainous and arbitrary
70 the Ideas of our times, but the most
oamnable, in his opinion, ever present.
ca 70 law-making body in the worlds
history. He paid a glowing tribute II to
tne IRISH people, in that they were al.
ways the first in the adyancemanr of
civilization, and that in the wor1d,s
wars for freedom and human RIGHTS t,,e
lf'sh people were ever and ALWAYS
promptly at the front leading The hat
lie. Sno Uat'
Rlnging resolutions were read .nd
adopted by an unanimous vote , tsts~
winch " the meeting adjourned viii
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